Reversible tie



March zo, 194s. F, vJ, BEQSON 2,371,947

- REVERSIBLE TIE Filed April 19, 1945 INI/EN TOR. /LQBEYDEQ/C/f J.SENSO/v ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 20, 1945 UNi'rfEDsTATss rar-ENT opiREVERSIBLE un Frederick J, man, North sacramenti, cam.-

A'ppiicatinn Api-ii 1e, 194s, senil Nn. 483,689

l Claim.

The present inventionrelates to improvements in a reversible tie, and itconsists of the combinations, constructions and arrangements hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

An object of my invention is'to provide a reversible tie that can bemanufactured in the vide a tie which has novel means to prevent it frombecoming wrinkled after frequent tying.

Other objects and advantages will appear in A the followingspecification and the novel features will be particularly pointed out inthe appended claim. A. V My invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing `forming a part of the application in which g Figure 1 is a planview of the large end of the tie showing the two pieces of material'turned inside out to expose the lining;

4Figure 2 is a transverse section taken along the line -2 of Figure l;

Figure 3 is a plan View of the small end of the tie showing the twopieces of material turned inside out forstitching; I

Figure 4 is a transverse section taken along the line 3 4` of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a, longitudinal section through the large end of the tieafter this end ha's been turned right side out and is temporarilycovered by the small tie end that still remains turned inside out, butis stitched to the neck portion of the large tie end;

Figure. 6 is a longitudinal section similar to Figure 5; and

Figure 7 is a plan View of thev completed tie`.

While I have shown only the preferred form of my inventionit should beunderstood that vari-A Aous changes or modications may be made withinthe scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of theinvention. e

In carrying out my invention, I lprovide a tie formed of two sections,the larger section being along their side edges at 3 and 4.l The piecesl and 2 are preferably of different materials or designs and are abouttwo feet long with their outer surfaces facing each other. Strips,` 5and S, of muslin about nineteen inches in length extend from the narrowends l. of the `nieces and parallel the'sides. A lining section t, ofslightly less length than the strips and slightly narrower than thepieces is secured to the strips by stitching 9 and It, see Figure 2.Thestitching 3 and t secures the .strips to the pieces. The narrow endof the lining 8 is cut along a bias as at Il..

Transverse ribs or tucks l2 are formed in the lining to increase itsresiliency so-that the lining will spring back into shape when the tieknot is untied and will aid in returning the pieces l and 2 to normalposition. A second lining section I3 about nineteen .inches long,y hasits smaller end l cut on a bias -and lapped for a short distance withthellining section 8. The stitching 3 and secures the end of the liningsection i3 to the lining section, 8 as shown in Figure l. Tucks l5 arealso formed in the second lining section i3 to increase its resiliency.The

parts of the larger section A assume the position shown in Figures 1 and2 while they are machine stitched together at 3, t, 9 and it. After thisis done, the smaller section B vis made before the pieces l and 2 areturned inside out.

In Figures 3 and 4, I show the smaller section B. Pieces it and il abouttwo feet long and of' the shape shown are fplaced with their outersurfaces together and machine stitched along their edges at I8 and i9.The piece 56 is of the same material or design as the ipiece l. The twosec-Y tions A and B are now jolned'together. First the section A isturned right side out so as to inclose the Strips 5 and 6 and the liningThe machine stitching 3 and l is hidden by the turn-- Aing right sideout of the section and so is likewise the stitching ySaarl lli. Thestrips 5 'and t are stitched to the lining section before the strips arestitched to the pieces i and 2. When the section A is turned right sideout, the lining section i3 will. still project beyond the narrow edge ofthe section as shown in Figure 5. The

.smaller section B while still `turned inside out is telescoped over thelarger section A so that the narrow edge 2@ of the section B is alignedwith the edge 1 of the section A. A transverse line of machine stitching2l now secures the'two' sections together adjacent their narrow edges 1and 20. I

The next step is to turn the section B right side out by grasping thelarge end 22 andturning both pieces I6 and I1 back on themselves so thatthis skinning movement will uncover the section A and cover the liningsection I3 as illustrated in Figure 6.' The transverse stitching 2l isnow covered and both sections A and B are turned right side out. Thestitchings i8 and I9 are also covered by this turning of the secl tion Bright side out. The edges 22 of the section B are turned in and stitchedas at 23 while the outer edges 24 of the section A are turned in andstitched as at 2l, ii' desired.

The completed tie is illustrated in Figure with the section A beingconnected to the section B Machine stitching 26 and 21 paralleling theedges of the narrow portion of the section B is also indicated in Figure7 to secure the lining section i3 to the pieces I6 and Il. This preventsthe section B from remaining wrinkled when the knot is untied. 1

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, theoperation thereof may be readily understood. The tie may be tied withthe usual four-in-hand knot. One side of the tie is of one material ordesign ,while the other side is of a different material or design. Thereversi# lole tie gives the wearer a two tie advantage since either sideof the tie can be worn outermost. The tie will not wrinkle due to themuslin strips,

the transverse ribs or tucks inthe lining sections and the stitching at2B and 21'. The vdevice is simple in construction and' can be machinestitched throughout.

I claim:

The herein described method of making a machine-stitched reversible tiewhich comprises: placing the rightA sides of two half-lengthtieshapedpieces of diierentcloth face to face and stitching them along theiredges to form one tie section, stitching muslin strips to the sides ofthe tie section after a lining section has been stitched to the strips.stitching an end of a second lining section to the ends of the strips,turn` ing the tie section inside out so that the two cloth piecesenclose the strips and iirst-xnenond tie section, telescoping the secondtie sectionover the first tie section. stitching the narrow ends of thetwo tie sections together, and in pulling the second tie section oilfrom the first tie section and over the second lining section to formthe completed tie.

FREDERICK J. BENSON.

